Chemical receptacle for attachment to garment hangers



Dec. 6, 1938. g EVANS 2,139,404

CHEMICAL RECEPTACLE FOR ATTACHMENT TO GARMENT HANGERS Fil'ed May 21,1937 INVENTOR BY Sidneu J. Evanw NNAXM M ATTORNEY-Sn Patented Dec. 6,1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHEMICAL RECEPTACLE FoR ATTACHMENT TGARMENT HANGERS 6 Claims.

The invention herein disclosed and claimed is a perforated, or otherwiseventilated, receptacle for containing volatile substances, desirablyperfumed, in cake or nugget form, for moth exter-' minating ordeodorizing purposes, the device being adapted to be attached to anordinary garment hanger.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide a receptacle of thisnature that is so inexpensive of production that, containing a suitablequantity of said substance, it may be profitably sold throughfive-and-ten-cent stores; and to provide a device of the aforesaidcharacter that is neat and. attractive of appearance, compact, durable,convenient of filling, especially well adapted for wrapping inCellophane, and that may be easily and quickly attached to a garmenthanger.

To these ends, the device is composed of but three parts, to-wit: twoend caps, and a body constructed of a rectangular sheet of pliable orresilient material that is formed into a tube with its edgesdisconnected and. contiguous, or overlapping and free to move one uponthe other as the body is contracted for the application of the end caps.The tendency of the body to expand causes the caps to be firmly held on,although their application and removal are made especially easy by thefact that the body may be readily contracted to less than the insidediameter of the caps. This construction, besides affording theadvantages mentioned, obviates the expense of connecting the edges ofthe body together by means of the usual seam.

The plate from which the body is made is desirably perforated, and theoverlying edge of the plate is slit to provide tongues that may bereadily bent away from the body and then about the trouser supportingbar of an ordinary garment hanger, all of which will more fully appearas I proceed to describe the invention by reference to the accompanyingdrawing wherein like characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the receptacle; Fig. 2is a transverse section through the same; Fig. 3 is a similar sectionthrough the body, showing it in its expanded condition, as when. the endcaps are removed; Fig. 4 shows the device attached to a garment hanger;Fig. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal section, and Fig. 6 a transversesection through the receptacle and hanger in the plane of one of theattaching tongues.

The body I is constructed of a rectangular sheet of resilient material,such as sheet steel of appropriate gauge, and the same is desirablyprovided at suitable locations with perforations 2. One edge of thesheet is formed with pairs of w slits 3, the slits of each pair beingspaced apart '5 so as to leave tongues 4 of suitable width therebetween.

The sheet of which the body I is constructed is given a generallytubular formation which, when in relaxed condition, is somewhat spiral,as in- 10 dioated in Fig. 3. Circular end caps 5 are adapted to betelescoped over the ends of the body when the latter is contracted intosubstantially cylindrical form, as shown in Figs. 2, 5 and. 6, and theedge provided with the slits 3 overlaps the other edge of the sheet, asbest shown in Fig. 1.

The receptacle, in the condition just described, and containing anamount of insecticide or deodorant, either in cake or loose nugget form,is wrapped for the market, preferably in Cellophane; and in thisconnection it may be explained that it is important, when using thismaterial as a wrapping, that the object wrapped has no rough edges orsharp protuberances that would rupture the wrapping. Inasmuch as thesheet from which the body I is formed is punched by means of dies, theside of the sheet on which the slight burr, that is inevitable instampings of this sort, occurs is disposed on the inside when the bodyis formed. Thus the entire surface of the body is left smooth, and, atthe time of wrapping, the tongues 4 occupy their original positionwithin the exact plane of the adjacent portion of the sheet.

When it is desired to place the receptacle in use, the wrapping isremoved and the tongues 4 are bent outwardly from the receptacle andformed into hooks about the trouser supporting bar 9 of a garment hangerID, as shown in Fig. 4.

While the receptacle is intended primarily for use with a garmenthanger, obviously it may be used apart from hangers as an insecticide ordeodorant container and hung by a chain, cord or the like engaged withthe tongues 4. When applied to the trouser supporting bar of a garment 45 hanger, the receptacle serves a secondary purpose of preventing thetrousers from dropping too sharply across the bar and thus avoids themore pronounced crease that occurs in trousers when hung directly over arelatively thin bar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the character described com,- prising a tubular bodyformed of a sheet of resilient material with its edges disconnectedfrom, 55

but in contiguous relation with, each other, and end caps telescopedover the ends of the body and serving to size and hold the same undercompression.

2. A device of the character described comprising a tubular body formedof a sheet of pliable material with its edges contiguous, one edgehaving spaced slits to provide tongues that are adapted to be bentoutwardly from the body and shaped to constitute supporting meanstherefor, and end caps applied to the ends of the body.

3. A device of the character described comprising a tubular body formedof a sheet of pliable material with one of its edges overlying theother, the overlying edge having spaced slits to provide tongues thatare adapted to be bent outwardly from the body and shaped to constitutesupporting means therefor, and end caps applied to the ends of the body.

4. A device of the character described comprising a tubular body formedof a sheet of resilient material suitably perforated and having one ofits edges provided with pairs of spaced slits, the material between theslits of each pair constituting bendable tongues and the edge providedwith said slits overlying the other edge of the sheet, and end capstelescoped over the ends of the body and serving to hold the same undercompression, the aforesaid tongues being adapted to be bent about thetrouser supporting bar of a garment hanger.

5. A device of the character described comprising a tubular body formedof a perforated sheet of resilient material with one of its edgesoverlying the other, the overlying edge being provided near each endthereof with spaced slits, the material between the slits constitutingbendable tongues, and circular end caps telescoped over the ends of thebody and serving to hold the same under compression in substantiallycylindrical shape.

6. A device of the character described comprising a tubular body formedof a sheet of metal, said sheet being punched to produce perforationsand also to provide pairs of spaced slits that open through one edge ofthe sheet, said edge overlying the other when the sheet is given asubstantially tubular form, the body being formed so that any burrproduced by the punching operation will be disposed on the inner side ofthe body, and end caps telescoped over the ends of the body.

SIDNEY J. EVANS.

